Lockwood & Co

Right, so this one is proper up my street. It is a supernatural detective thriller, developed by Joe Cornish and based on Jonathan Stroud's books, about agents who take on the cases nobody sane would touch because the dead refuse to stay dead. There is a decent bit of plotting under the jump scares, since it is adapted from a book series rather than built from scratch for scares alone.

It is ghost story fear rather than gore, the kind where a room goes cold and you start counting the exits. There is a proper sense of dread built into the world itself, because in this version of things the dead do not politely stay dead, and somebody has to deal with that for a living.

Good for a teen-friendly horror night, or for anyone who wants their ghosts with a bit of detective plotting and banter rather than pure terror. Eight episodes, so it is an easy one to get through in a weekend with the lights low and the coffee strong.